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Tap dancer Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) is hard at work on some new dance steps in his hotel room. The racket disturbs another guest (Ginger Rogers) in the room below, and when she charges upstairs to confront him, it's love at first fight. Though it features a record five dance numbers between the two, one of the real stars of this film is the original score, composed by Irving Berlin. Rogers insisted on wearing an elaborately feathered gown for their "Cheek to Cheek" dance, which Astaire hated (it shed profusely) — a rare instance when the two fought. A few days later, Rogers received a feather-shaped gold charm, along with this apology note (and a new nickname): "Dear Feathers, I love ya! Fred." DIR Mark Sandrich; SCR Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor, from plays by Sándor Faragó and Aladar Laszlo. PROD Pandro S. Berman. U.S., 1935, b&w, 101 min. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 101 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024
Genre: Musical romance